1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,130 --> 00:00:06,352 Airmen from the Iowa National Guard are 3 00:00:06,352 --> 00:00:08,519 in Alpena , Michigan at the combat res 4 00:00:08,519 --> 00:00:10,630 training center . The security forces 5 00:00:10,630 --> 00:00:12,852 airmen are honing their tactical skills 6 00:00:12,852 --> 00:00:14,797 at the Michigan Air National Guard 7 00:00:14,797 --> 00:00:17,229 training facility , Iowa Air National 8 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,219 Guard Captain Casey Ryan says it's 9 00:00:19,229 --> 00:00:21,451 helpful to get away from the unit for a 10 00:00:21,451 --> 00:00:23,673 longer period . So members can focus on 11 00:00:23,673 --> 00:00:25,785 their training . Bringing our unit to 12 00:00:25,785 --> 00:00:27,840 the C RT C allows us to be extremely 13 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,896 efficient with our annual training . 14 00:00:29,896 --> 00:00:32,380 They have facilities to uh work , train 15 00:00:32,490 --> 00:00:36,319 sleep and eat all in the same area at 16 00:00:36,330 --> 00:00:38,290 the CRTC . The airmen have been 17 00:00:38,299 --> 00:00:40,632 training on urban operations techniques , 18 00:00:40,632 --> 00:00:42,799 expeditionary skills and weapons use . 19 00:00:44,150 --> 00:00:46,150 We also have access to with a short 20 00:00:46,150 --> 00:00:48,372 drive is full distance firing range for 21 00:00:48,372 --> 00:00:50,483 heavy weapons and also the ability to 22 00:00:50,483 --> 00:00:52,799 take out our rifles to 3 400 m which we 23 00:00:52,810 --> 00:00:55,110 can't do home station . Additionally , 24 00:00:55,119 --> 00:00:57,470 there's a full mount facility which is 25 00:00:57,479 --> 00:00:59,701 fairly comprehensive kind of replicates 26 00:00:59,701 --> 00:01:01,790 an airbase which again , most guard 27 00:01:01,799 --> 00:01:04,419 bases don't have a full base that they 28 00:01:04,430 --> 00:01:07,029 can utilize . The training will 29 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,151 culminate in a 24 hour field training 30 00:01:09,151 --> 00:01:11,379 exercise at the mount against simulated 31 00:01:11,389 --> 00:01:14,410 opposing forces reporting in Alpena 32 00:01:14,419 --> 00:01:16,870 Michigan . I'm Airman . Tylan Chapman . 33 00:01:17,940 --> 00:01:19,089 Hi , Guardian . Guardian .